Philippians 2:16
Holding firm the word of life, for a boast by me in the day of Christ, that I did not run in vain nor labor in vain.
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Psalms 40:9I have proclaimed glad tidings of righteousness in the great assembly. Lo, I will not refrain my lips. O LORD, thou know.
Isaiah 49:4But I said, I have labored in vain. I have spent my strength for nothing and vanity. Yet surely the justice [due] to me is with LORD, and my recompense with my God.
Luke 12:8And I say to you, every man who will confess in me before men, the Son of man will also confess in him before the agents of God,
John 6:68Simon Peter therefore answered him, Lord, to whom will we go? Thou have sayings of eternal life.
Romans 10:8But what does it say? The word is near thee, in thy mouth and in thy heart, that is, the word of faith that we preach:
2 Corinthians 1:14as also ye did acknowledge us in part, because we are your boast, just as ye also are ours in the day of the Lord Jesus.
Matthew Henry on Philippians 2:15-19
Practical Religion. ( a. d. 62.) 14 Do all things without murmurings and disputings: 15 That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world; 16 Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain. 17 Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all. 18 For the same cause also do… Read the whole commentary →